1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/plugins/designer/designercustomwidgets.cpp b/sources/pyside6/plugins/designer/designercustomwidgets.cpp
index d13539859..c43af1f6d 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/plugins/designer/designercustomwidgets.cpp
+++ b/sources/pyside6/plugins/designer/designercustomwidgets.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static QString pyErrorMessage()
 #else // <3.11
     if (PyObject *pvalue = PyErr_GetRaisedException()) {
         result = pyStr(pvalue);
-        Py_DECREF(pvalue);
+        PyErr_SetRaisedException(pvalue);
     }
 #endif
     return result;